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This chart puts market history into perspective.

Over 152 years, the S&P 500 has delivered positive returns far more often than negative ones — despite wars, recessions, inflation, crashes, and rate cycles.

Key lessons from the data:
• Volatility is normal
• Down years happen — and recoveries follow
• Long-term averages matter more than short-term forecasts
• Time in the market beats timing the market

Even after major drawdowns, the market’s long-term trend has remained up and to the right.

The biggest risk isn’t short-term losses — it’s not staying invested long enough.

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Stories, carousels, Reels, and more all have a place so it really comes down to finding out which type of content YOU want to share for your audience.

Don’t feel forced to have to use them all! Find the 2-3 that works best for you and start creating.

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Nvidia IPO’d in 1999 with a $562M market cap — and has since delivered +450,000% total returns, turning $100 into $450,000.

But here’s what most people miss 👇
This journey wasn’t a straight line.

Nvidia had multiple years of brutal drawdowns:
• -82.8% (2002)
• -76% (2008)
• -50% (2022)

Yet patient investors who held through volatility captured one of the greatest wealth-creation stories in market history.

Key lesson:
Massive long-term returns require patience, conviction, and emotional discipline. The biggest winners often feel the worst to hold in the short term.

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